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2011 Fortune Cooking Festival

A sizzling full-course menu of Pan-Asian culture right here in Toronto.

Tai Chi and Wushu Demonstrations by Ji Hong Tai Chi

Mikoshi & Shishimai

About Mikoshi (Portable Shrine):

A mikoshi is a portable Shinto shrine. Shinto followers believe that it serves as the vehicle of a divine spirit in Japan at the time of a parade of deities. Often, the mikoshi resembles a miniature building, with pillars, walls, a roof, a veranda and a railing. During a matsuri, or Japanese festival, people bear a mikoshi on their shoulders by means of the two or four poles. They bring the mikoshi from the shrine, carry it around the neighborhoods that worship at the shrine.
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2011 International Taoist Tai Chi Awareness Day

Hundreds of people turned up today to celebrate the annual International Taoist Tai Chi Awareness Day at Dundas Square, downtown Toronto.

International Taoist Tai Chi Awareness Day

This special event is presented by the International Taoist Tai Chi Society and the Fung Loy Kok Institute of Taoism.

Tai Chi is an internal Chinese martial art practiced for both its defense training and its health benefits.

Zhang Sanfeng, a highly mythologised figure, lived in the Wudang Mountains, said to be the founder of Tai Chi.
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Multicultural Canada Day, Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto

The Community Folk Art Council of Toronto, a non-for-profit organization, is proud to present the 5th Annual Multicultural Canada Day Celebration at Yonge Dundas Square.

Diverse dance and music groups from around world present 30-minute ethnic folk dance and music performances on the main stage.

First Nations Dance:

Hawaiian Dance:

Serbian Dance:

Armenian Dance:

Indian Dance: